college of extended studies Archive

  • teresa carroll

    Military | Executive MBA – Command Master Chief Teresa Carroll Sets Course on a New Career Using GI Bill

    The Navy offers training as well as opportunity to learn and work in many different special technical fields as well as different environments such as aviation, surface ships, and submarine force. The most important skill that the Navy teaches sailors is leadership – from the...

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  • LARC

    Marine Award Tied to SDSU Extended Studies Language Program

    Marine Cpl. Simon Butusov, a former student from San Diego State University’s Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC), has earned a Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his role as an interpreter during his deployment to Afghanistan. The LARC program is held in collaboration with SDSU’s College...

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  • annebromley

    SDSU Business Writing Instructor Is One for the Books

    Anne Bromley has long had a penchant for writing. She has been writing since the age of nine when she was encouraged by her fourth grade teacher to write a play about Johnny Tremain, who was drawn into the Revolutionary War and became a patriot...

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    New Certificate Program Focuses on Water-Related Occupations

    A recent five-year study predicts a growth rate of 10 to 20 percent for water-related occupations, so now is the perfect time to train for a career in the industry. SDSU’s College of Extended Studies has jumped to the forefront by providing the groundwork for...

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  • Writers' Conference

    SDSU Writers’ Conference Produces Magic Results

    Shannon Messenger knows all about the magic of the SDSU Writers’ Conference. In fact, when she first attended the event two years ago, a friend referred to it as “The Magic Conference.” How prophetic. Messenger is now the proud author of “Keepers of Lost Cities”...

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  • brian henderson

    Military | Executive MBA – Captain Brian Henderson Plans Future in Leadership

    Marine pilot Brian Henderson’s plan is to leave the armed services next summer – and he has been thinking about his life outside of the military. He decided to draw up a plan for his future. “I thought about my next steps and I decided...

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    Life After the Military – The GI Bill

    After leaving the service, many veterans have difficulty transitioning into civilian life. They gain highly effective and very desirable skills – discipline, leadership, positive work ethic, time management – during their service; however, they often don’t know how to transfer those qualities to the workforce...

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    Military | Digital and Social Media – Public Affairs Path for Digital and Social Media Graduate

    After graduating from Bowling Green University in Ohio with a communications degree, Chris Menzie was skeptical about becoming a journalist since it’s incredibly competitive and difficult to land a job. The industry was folding; however, he realized the field is what he liked and wanted...

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  • bob borntrager

    Instructor Profile – Project Management – Bob Borntrager

    What would you say are the highlights of your class? The highlights are definitely the negotiation exercises. That’s the majority of the class. If they’re the seller, they have to actually work with a buyer. They have to prepare a solicitation document, and set the...

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    Web and Mobile Opportunities Abound

    Are you looking for a “hot” tech job in 2012? Then consider web or mobile applications development, careers listed among the “Seven hot tech jobs for 2012” within the article published in the Nov. 28 edition of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Dean Calbreath of the...

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